Royal City Record November 15 2013

Its almost playtime for students at coleQayqayt Community School, which has madeit to the next round for a hefty grant to fund anew playground.

The John Robson parent advisory councilapplied for a grant from the Aviva Community

Fund contest, which is givingaway $1 million for ideas to cre-ate positive change in Canada.Their application was accepted,and it will now go onto the nextphase of voting, which takesplace between Dec. 2 and 11.

We have really dedicatedparents and very energetic ones,which is good, said parent orga-nizer Ronda Field. So they are

out there beating the drum and promoting it anyway they can, which is good.

Community members wanting to help theschool in its bid to get funding from the AvivaCommunity Fund can go www.avivacommunityfund.org and enter Qayqayt in the search box.

And so we will be working very hard to getthe vote out, to get people registered on the Avivasite and get them to vote every single day, saidSerena Trachta, chair of the Robson parent advi-sory council.

It was Field who submitted the applicationto the Aviva Community Fund on behalf of theQayqayt community playground committee. Theplayground is expected to cost $50,000 to $100,000.

The way we found out about (the grant) is that at myold school, they got grants for their playground thatwas at Lord Selkirk in Vancouver. So that was aboutthree or four years ago, so Ive been sort of mentioning

this, and finally we decided to do it, Field said.The goal is to build two play sites on the new elemen-

tary school (located on the Saint Marys Hospital site),which will house Robson students when it opens nextfall.

In a perfect world what were looking at is an adven-ture, natural-themed playground for the older kids, and(we are) trying to get barrier-free elements on the lowerplayground, Field explained.

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Play time: John Robson Elementary parent Ronda Field, right, with her daughters, Paige and Kate Deedman, submittedan application to theAviva Community Fund on behalf of the Qayqayt community playground committee. The school recentlylearned that their school has moved to the next round in the bid for a hefty grant to fund a new playground.

Playgroundpush is on

City rallies around friends in PhilippinesThe local Filipino community has

already raised thousands of dollars tohelp people in the Philippines in their timeof need.

Nearly 2,000 people were confirmeddead and 11 million were affectedafter Typhoon Haiyan tore through thePhilippines last weekend.

Salve Dayao, who owns Java Jazz Cafon Sixth Street with her husband Ed, helda fundraiser on Nov. 10. Armed with theircellphones, people gathered in the SixthStreet diner and started calling contacts insearch of donations.

I raised $5,640, Dayao said.Collectively we raised $20,180. We con-tinued making phone calls.

Since the restaurants telethon, whichincluded an appearance on Global

Television, the participants have collectedanother $10,000.

Our government is going to double apersonal gift, Dayao said of donations tothe Canadian Red Cross. Up to $100,000,they will donate dollar for dollar.

While the owners and supporters of JavaJazz continue to burn up the phone lines insearch of donations to the Canadian RedCross, theyre not alone. Dayao said otherfundraisers and telethons are taking

place and more events are being sched-uled.

There are more fundraisers beingplanned. There was another telethon inthe community. A lot of groups, we allhave our personal contacts, Dayao said.If we all do as much fundraising as wecan with our personal contacts, we willmake it happen.

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Talk about a midlife change.Former Ottawa Police staff sergeantDwayne Raymond spent more than20 years as a police officer, and much of thattime was spent perfecting his skills in foren-sic identification.

But when his family decided to moveacross the country in 2009 to the LowerMainland, Raymond was forced to make adrastic career change.

It was a big decision,he told The Record. I washaving a great career there(in Ottawa), its a greatplace to work; a gooddepartment, a big depart-ment. At the time, I was astaff sergeant in charge ofa 29-member forensic sec-tion.

The move, however,turned out to be an exciting one, despite thehard work it required of Raymond.

When a police officer moves from onecity to another, they dont get to keep therank theyve earned working for a munici-pal department. So when Raymond left theOttawa Police he lost his rank of staff ser-geant, which meant that when he was hiredwith the New Westminster Police Departmenthe started from the bottom, as a constable.

Its daunting, especially after that amountof time, he said. But the one thing Ivenever been afraid of is to try new things. So starting over again, I just took it as a chal-lenge, and it went very well.

Raymond spent seven months on patrol,but in 2010 he was called upon to help NewWests busy forensic identification section.Raymond was transferred in on a temporarybasis, and hes never left.

That went very well and they (the depart-ment) decided to keep me up here, he said.In the beginning of 2011, they made me anacting sergeant and put mein charge of the section, andthats sort of the position Ivebeen in ever since.

As the acting sergeant ofthe forensics section, Raymondis in charge of two full-timeofficers, a third in training,and he has hopes the depart-ment will soon approve afourth. This section is defi-nitely a much smaller versionof what he was used to workwith in Ottawa, but its just ascapable, Raymond said.

When I came here, I sawan opportunity to take a sec-tion that I felt was underusedand probably not doing asmuch as they could be doingwithin the community andtry and make it a better section. Somethingthat was more of an (integral) and invaluablepartner within the department, he said.

Having spent seven months on the frontline as a patrol officer in New Westminster,Raymond had seen the work of the forensicsection from the outside. He felt the teamcould be doing more to help solve crimes, so

when he took over he made some immediatechanges to develop the small section.

Trying to do more with the bodies thatwe had at the time, trying to attend morecalls, to do more at the calls, to attend callsthat they werent attending previously, hesaid.

By involving itself in more cases withinthe department, Raymond felt the forensic

section could gain a betterunderstanding of who wascommitting crime in NewWestminster, thus beginningto track crime trends and ulti-mately aiding in the arrest ofcriminals.

The forensic section employstwo methods to identify crimi-nals, DNA and fingerprints.While it may seem old-fash-ioned, and definitely not upto CSIs dramatic standards,fingerprinting is his preferredmethod to identify a perpetra-tor, Raymond said.

Its a fantastic tool forpolicing, he said. I oftenequate it to doing puzzles. Itsa challenge. Its very minute,detailed work that requires skill

to be good at, but you have to be meticulousabout what youre doing.

The fingerprints Raymond and his teamcollect are sent for comparison to B.C.Automated Fingerprint Identification System(AFIS) or the national database also known asAFIS. If the perpetrator of the crime theyreinvestigating has already been processed for

previous crimes, their fingerprints will comeback with a match. Otherwise Raymond mustwait to get a fingerprint of a suspect.

The fingerprint analysis process is a slowone, Raymond said.

It requires a physical comparison be doneand then, when the officer confirms a match,they are required to testify in court.

We follow very strict processes because if you identify somebody and give youropinion that that is that person, youre sayingthat that person did that crime, he said.

There can be no mistakes, the officer mustbe certain of their identification, Raymondadded.

DNA is very similar to fingerprintingexcept every person only has one DNA pro-file, making it slightly easier to pin down aperpetrator, but that doesnt mean its easier,Raymond said.

I think the expectations of forensic sec-tions, overall, have gone up simply becauseof the media relating to forensics, he said.

Television shows like CSI have changedthe way officers process evidence and haveincreased expectations simply because theirwork is so public. Those shows also havea very condensed time frame and the realforensic process takes much, much longer,Raymond added.

As forensic officers attend more and morecrime scenes, the New Westminster sectioncontinues to be very busy, which makesRaymond really proud of the work he and histeam are doing to reduce crime in the city.

Were only on the cusp, I think, of doingwhat were capable of doing, he said.

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Despite months of internal squabblingand city intervention, a trio of new direc-tors recently joined the embattled HyackFestival Association.

The three new directors are DonSwindells, Brenda Adam and DavidMacGrotty, according to apress release. (Ken McIntosh,who was appointed a direc-tor just last month, resigned toavoid any conceivable conflictof interest for his wife, Coun.Betty McIntosh.)

We now have a board ofloyal, respected and dedicatedprofessionals whose collectivemandate is to stabilize andenergize the Hyack FestivalAssociation. Having survivedan attempted hostile takeoverby dissident board memberswith suspect agendas,we optedfor a blended board of personswith significant past experi-ence and those who offer freshideas, Hyack president Gavin Palmersaid in the release.

The new appointments are critical tohave a board capable of retaining Hyacksimportance in the City ofNewWestminsterand charting a new vibrant future, hesaid.

The ongoing dust-up at Hyack startedin July, when four Hyack executive mem-bers fired executive director Douglas Smithwithout getting approval from the boardof directors. The board rehired Smith, wholater left and received a wrongful dismiss-al settlement.

The two factions of the board of direc-

tors submitted motions to be considered ata special general meeting on Oct. 22, witheach side calling for the removal of mem-bers on the other side of the debate. Afterfive Hyack board directors resigned on themorning of the Oct. 22 meeting, the Hyackexecutive cancelled the special generalmeeting and held a board meeting, wherethey filled in vacancies with new board

members. Although Hyackspresident cancelled the Oct. 22special general meeting, about25 people attended the venueand voted to remove threeexecutives including Palmer from the board.

The most recent meeting tofill these three seats was heldon Nov. 5, according to thepress release.

In response to the ongoingdrama, city council approvedfour recommendations con-cerning the embattled organi-zation: to request all financialrecords and procedures fromthe organization so it can con-duct an independent audit;

to contact the registrar of B.C. Societiesto investigate the conduct of the HyackFestival Association; to administer thisyears Santa Claus Parade and other eventsremaining in the associations 2013 grant-ing process; and to suspend any futurefunding to the association until these gov-ernance matters are resolved to the satis-faction of the city.

Jan Gibson, the citys acting director oflegislative services, told The Record the cityhas sent a letter to the registrar of societies,but has not yet received a response. Thecity is actively planning the Santa ClausParade.

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Noting that many downtown business-es have suffered major impacts from theOct. 10 fire on Columbia Street, Coun.Betty McIntosh proposed that staff coverthe parking meters on Columbia Streetwith bags and enforce one hour of free

parking.Jim Lowrie, the citys director of engi-

neering, said staff would have to be reas-signed from other areas to do the enforce-ment. He said there are about two dozenmeters in the area and each one generatesabout $2,000 annually.

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The scale of destruction is virtuallyincomprehensible. A typhoon that lev-elled concrete buildings in a countrywhere citizens largely live in thin-walledshelters.

When the typhoon Haiyanswept through the Philippines,it shattered buildings andlives entire families and theirsources of income. To say that the coun-try needs our help is an understatement.One couldnt help but be deeply touchedby the cries for food and water and aidfrom Filipino individuals beseeching the

media. With so much death and destruc-tion surrounding them, the survivors arestruggling to find clean water and food.

The Filipino people have made goodfriends and allies not just inthis city, but worldwide. Theircalls for help are being met byorganizations and individualseager to provide whatever they

need.Here in NewWest, Salve Dayao, who

owns Java Jazz Caf on Sixth Street,immediately started raising funds and,with her friends and family, brought in

more than $20,000. Another $10,000 wasraised when Global TV broadcast thefundraiser.

More fundraisers are being planned(go to royalcityrecord.com for updates),and the Canadian government haspledged to match individual donationsup to $100,000.

The Philippines and its people willneed a lot of help, for a long time. Sadly,disaster relief contributions ramp upat the time of a disaster but decrease asmedia coverage and interest wanes. Weonly have to recall the Haitian earth-

quake to be reminded that rebuildingfrom cataclysmic disasters takes incred-ible long-term management and generos-ity. Scam artists prey on both the compas-sionate and the needy after such disas-ters, making it even harder for honestnon-government agencies to raise funds.

We urge folks to give what they canto help those impacted by the disaster.We hope that here in NewWestminsterwe will never be faced with a disaster ofsuch proportions. But, if we are, we alsohope that the world would hear our pleasfor help.

Too many cities,too much money

Who knew? Count em allup, and B.C. has 1,660elected officials sittingon 250 local councils and schoolboards across the province. Thatworks out to one for every 2,000registered voters.

Its also a lot of paycheques.Some of the lucky ones get tocollect two paycheques, if theyhappen to be chosen to sit ona regional district,the two biggies ofcourse being MetroVancouver and theCapital RegionalDistrict.

According to their websites,Metro Vancouver deliversregional services, planning andpolitical leadership on behalf of24 local authorities and theCapital Regional District is theregional government for the 13municipalities and three elec-toral areas that are located onthe southern tip of VancouverIsland.

Thats 40 communities with acombined population of 2.7 mil-lion, or a little more than 60 percent of B.C.s total population,each elbowing the other for polit-ical space within the two districts.(The City of Toronto is home to2.8 million residents.)

Practically speaking, though,neither Metro Vancouver or theCapital Regional District havemuch in the way of real author-ity despite their lofty missionstatements, because Big Brotheris never really far behind. Thinkdebating clubs with privileges.Should one of the districts

actually choose to bite off some-thing contentious, chances are itwill still need Victorias stamp ofapproval.

Metro Vancouver wants toburn a cool half-billion dollarson a new garbage incinerator,but theyll need Victorias A-OKbefore striking the match. In fact,they need it just to put a pro-posed solid waste management

bylaw into effect.The folks at the

Capital Regional Districtare being called upon tomake all the politically

smelly decisions regarding a newsewage treatment plant, whilethe purse strings remain tightlycontrolled over at the offices ofPartnerships B.C. The federal andprovincial governments called ita condition of funding. Cynicsmight have another expressionfor it.

So if its all mostly show,imagine how local taxpay-ers must feel. Voters dont getto choose their district repre-sentatives, local councils do. Thepower of the ballot box is farremoved from the daily goings-on at the two regional districts.

Thats why its far easier tovote to try and place a sewagesludge treatment facility in some-one elses backyard as the CapitalRegional District sewage commit-tee wanted to do earlier this year,if you dont have to face thosevoters yourself.

But even though the regionaldistricts arent exactly omnipo-tent, sitting on one does make

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Symphony is a Royal City gemDear Editor:

Ithasbeensaid thatmusic soothes thesavagebeastand, as American composer Oscar Hammerstein isquoted in the musical Oklahoma, All the sounds ofthe earth are like music.

Those who did not attend last Sundays classicalconcert at the Massey with our very own symphonymissed a most enjoyable and wonderful perfor-mance. I have never heard a better performance,as all sections of the symphony seemed to outdothemselves, as did, in my opinion, the conductingof Jack Jin Zhang.

I write this letter because our symphony, whichwe are so fortunate to have in our community, is aninspiration and a joy which we need to take advan-tage of and support.

With dwindling grants from governments for thearts, the symphony, which in the spring of 2015 will

have its 100th birthday, needs funds to survive.But in spite of that, and to the credit of the execu-

tive and the players, who receive no remuneration,they reach out to the community so that all canattend concerts on the basis of paying what theycan afford by voluntary donation. I know of noother entertainment that is so professional, uplift-ing, enjoyable and affordable.

So put this date down on your calendar: Friday,Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. at the Massey. It will beanother wonderful performance, the 14th ChristmasNutcracker dance concert with the RichmondAcademy of Dance. There is lots of free parking.

Bill Zander, New Westminster

Kudos for columnists viewDear Editor:

For far too long I had believed that Keith BaldreyBaldrey Page 7Region Page 7

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IN MY OPINIONDERMOD TRAVIS

had missed his date with destiny, but I ambeginning to think that he has now, finally,found his pace.

It used to be that he would approachsensitive issues in a kind of crabwalk, likeso many others in the media. But his opin-ion piece in the Nov. 13 edition (Fundingtalk, not action, for youth) is one of hismost straightforward ever.

Discussing the latest report by MaryEllen Turpel-Lafond regarding the mis-appropriation of funds for services foraboriginal youth, he excels in explainingthe disconnected relationship betweengovernments of various levels and FirstNations and the political cautiousness(that is) ingrained in the relationship.

He goes on to note that First Nationsmust share in the responsibility for thissituation. He continues to brashly note

that in many instances there is a completefailure of leadership among their leaders.

There now; that wasnt so hard, was it?May God replenish his inkwell!

Larry Bennett, Burnaby

Dont panic about ThriftysDear Editor:

Re: What will replace Thriftys?, TheRecord, Oct 25.

As much as I regret the closing ofThriftys in Sapperton, lets not panic.

Does anybody know what Sobeys willbe doing with the three Safeways in NewWestminster? I suspect they will be re-liv-eried as Thriftys.

We will lose one Thriftys in Sappertonand gain three in the rest of NewWestminster. An acknowledged lossfor Sapperton but necessarily for NewWestminster overall.

Ed Sadowski, New Westminster

Baldrey got it right on continued from page 6

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balancing the familybudget a little easier.

Last year, councillorsand mayors from theLower Mainland whowere among the luckyfew to be chosen as MetroVancouver directorscollectively took home$870,000 in stipends plus$61,000 in expenses; andall of it on top of their localcouncil salaries.

Christmas even cameearly for them. Last month,Metro Vancouver awardedits directors a 2.3 per centpay increase retroactiveto the beginning of 2013;despite the fact that therewere no reports of direc-tors panhandling to makeends meet during the year.

For a Metro Vancouverdirector that means $354for every regional districtmeeting that is wrappedup within four hours or$88.50 per hour.

God forbid the meet-ing should run over fourhours because then the feedoubles.

For directors with addi-tional responsibilities ortitles, it can bring a wholenew meaning to two-income households.

The mayors of Burnaby,New Westminster,Richmond and the districtof North Vancouver alltook home at least $26,500from their gigs at MetroVancouver last year, andthats on top of the average$105,000 that they were

each paid by their respect-ive communities.

And for MetroVancouvers top dog,Greg Moore, it means anextra $70,865 from MetroVancouver over and abovehis $85,418 salary as mayorof Port Coquitlam.

All nice work if youcan get it, but likely notthe most ideal model forregional governance in2013.

Two megacities isntthe answer, but maybe 40communities is no longerappropriate. And its timefor the provincial govern-ment to step up and showsome leadership on theissue.

Dermod Travis is the exec-utive director of IntegrityBC.

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A 40-storey tower filledwith bachelor and one-bed-room suites isnt being wel-comed with open arms bycity council.

New Westminster citycouncil has directed staffto continue working withthe developer of the Plaza88 development to try andresolve some of the citysoutstanding concerns andto report back to councilbefore the project proceedsto the public consultationstage.A40-storeymixed-usecommercial and residentialtower with 500 residentialunits is being proposed at900 Carnarvon St.

City council has voiceda number of concerns aboutthe current proposal, includ-ing the height of the build-ing, the number of residen-tial units, the breakdown ofthe rental units (235 studiosuites and 265 one-bedroomunits) and the provisionof several levels of above-grade parking.

The whole thing isproblematic for me, saidCoun. Bill Harper. I cantsee myself supporting this.

Harper believes a bettermix of suite sizes is requiredto meet community needsin the years to come.

Coun. Betty McIntoshsaid she has great diffi-culty with the small suites

being proposed in the build-ing, including some that areonly 312 square feet. Shesaid the developer needs tohear about the citys futurehousing needs.

I think the developerneeds to understand whatthe demographics of thiscommunity are, she said.

Coun. Jonathan Cotesupports the provision ofmarket rental housing thatis being proposed in thebuilding, but also expressedconcern that it would onlycontain studio and one-bed-room suites.

We are building a neigh-bourhood here, he said.There has to be a balance.

Graham McGarva, afounding principal at VIAArchitecture, told councilthat the low interest ratesare what makes it feasible

for rental buildings to bebuilt at this time.

Tom Lancaster, a plannerat VIAArchitecture, said aniconic signature buildingis being proposed as thefourth building in the Plaza88 development. In additionto the residential and com-mercial spaces, he said thesite would include a largeamount of open space.

We far exceed therequired open space con-tribution required for thistower, he said.

Responding to concernsabout the provision of stu-dio and one-bedroom units,Lancaster said the buildingdoesnt stand alone but isone of four towers at thesite. He said a lot of the two-bedroom units in the firstthree towers arent sellingas well as smaller units.

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Its going to be huge. I am invitingmusicians there, said Dayao, who alongwith husband Ed is a professional musi-cian. We are also doing another tele-thon.

Dayao has spoken to family membersin the Philippines, who werent directlyimpacted by the typhoon but have been

impacted by the slow pace of goods arriv-ing because of road closures.

The City of New Westminster has hada sister city relationship with Quezon Citysince 1991.

We are still gathering more infor-mation about what is going on, MayorWayne Wright told The Record. QuezonCity has not been affected to the best of myknowledge.

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Kindergarten studentsin New Westminsterare at or above theprovincial average when itcomes to the developmentof positive human qualities,such as compassion andkindness, according to arecent study.

The district participatedin a survey contacted bythe Human Early LearningPartnership at UBC andthe Dalai Lama Center. Thesurvey assessed childrensdevelopment of social andemotional skills, called aHeart Mind Index, toaccomplish the goal, said

a staff report. The overallresults were broken downneighbourhood by neigh-bourhood.

This is the heart ofwhat we do, superinten-dent John Woudzia saidwhen the report was pre-sented at a recent board ofeducation meeting. It real-ly warms my heart to seehow we are doing whencompared to the province.

Sandra Pace, thedistricts director of instruc-tion, noted that the surveyis focused on life skillsthat help children later inlife.

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along with others; compas-sionate and kind; solvesproblems peacefully; secureand calm; and alert andengaged. The term heart-mind refers to a balancedfocus on the mind and theheart, the reports states.

To see the report, visitthe school districts websiteat district.sd40.bc.ca, clickon Board of Education,click on Board Meetingsand search for the Nov. 5committee meeting agenda.

Learning aboutliteracy

NewWestminstersMLA is learning about lit-eracy.

Judy Darcy recentlyattended a meeting of theLiteracy NewWestminstertask group. The groupmeets each month to findways to enhance the litera-cy levels of residents.

At the meeting, Darcylearned about the varietyof literacy programs andneeds in the commu-nity, according to a mediarelease.

Kylie Vallee sharedwith Darcy about the read-ing flash mobs she helpedorganize this summer.

We visited local parks,spread out blankets andbooks and invited familiesto spend some time readingwith us. It was so reward-

ing to see parents andchildren happily lookingthrough the books togeth-er, she said in the release.Everyone got to take somebooks home to keep.

She was especiallytouched when she learnedthat some of the familieswho received books werestruggling financially andwere unable to buy booksfor their children, therelease notes.

The literacy task groupworks on a number of com-munity programs, includ-ing distributing books tolow-income families andhosting Money Skills work-shops. Its also planning tooffer a Foodsafe course for

people with low-literacyskills.

The group is also plan-ning a number of eventsfor Family Literacy Day inJanuary.

Everyday in our con-stituency office, I see howmuch literacy matters topeople in NewWestminster to people trying to findwork, to students in ourschools, to seniors navigat-ing the health-care system,Darcy said in the release,where she also noted thewonderful work LiteracyNewWestminster is doing.

To learn more aboutthe group, contact DawnLivera at [email protected].

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does have challenges, shesaid. Part ofthe problem isthat the site is sosmall; the areasare so small. Itsgoing to be verychallenging toget anythingin the way ofequipment inthere.

But havingthe grant fundswould certainlyhelp to build atop-notch play-ground wherekids in thedowntown canrun around, usetheir imagina-tions and makememories for years tocome.

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So this is really the lastpush becausethis is really thelast time wherewe really needcommunity sup-port, Field said.Like we reallyneed everybodyon board for Dec.2 to 11.

She also notedthat kids canvote as long asthey have paren-tal consent andtheir own emailaddress.

Ive got fiveemail addresses,there are fivepeople living inmy house, Field

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Never say never.That could be themotto ofMayorWayne

Wright, who once said the 2011 municipalelection campaign would be his last. Now,the three-termmayor is pondering anotherrun for the mayors seat.

Wright said hes been asked by a num-ber of people to state his intentions for theNov. 15, 2014 municipal election. As longas he has the energy and his family is inagreement, he may decide to take anotherrun.

Thats my conundrum. Thatsthe problem. I have a personal lifeand then I have what I considermy duties for the city, he told TheRecord. What I dont want to dois hurt that. I am being honest andsaying I cant make a decision yet,but I will work my butt off andbring things forward that I knowthere will be enough work thatnobody is going to be able to stopit or do the wrong thing.

Wright said he has great respectfor the city and wants to keep itmoving forward in a positive direction.

Weve got quite capable people here,he said. Weve got great staff. Everybodyknows where we are going and how weare going. Thats different than in thepast.

Wright said theres an unendingnumber of jobs to do but there will alwaysbe unfinished business to tend to.

You have to see when is the best time,is it the right people. I will know. I want tosee who else is going to run. If I dont agreewith it, yeah. I could say Im not going to and then I am going to. Its not going to

take much for people to knowwhat I standfor, he said. Its obviously a decision youhave to weigh up and say, is there a chancethe city is going to go sideways or is therea lot of these things I think are importantare going to be put to the side.

Wright expects hell make his final deci-sion by June of 2014, which will coincidewith the opening of Anvil Centre.

At that time, if I think there is some-body I think would be a terrific mayor, Idsupport him, he said.

WhileAnvil Centre will be done by nextsummer, Wright knows theres no lack of

work to be done. He cites sur-plus land sales, development inSapperton and Queensboroughare some of the ongoing issues tobe tackled by the city

There are some biggies,he said. There are a couple ofthings that havent gone my waythat Id like to revisit them. Oneof them is what is happening inQueensborough with those con-tainers. I hate that. Thats notright. We shouldnt have doneit.

A site in Queensborough hasgenerated complaints because shippingcontainers have been stacked more than30 feet high.

While its hard to make a decision abouthis political future because he loves thework of a mayor, Wright said he hasntheard any rumblings from council peerswho may be jockeying for the top seat incity hall.

None of the councillors have ever saidanything to me, he said. For me person-ally, I look at council and I couldnt behappier.

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NewWestminster city councilwill decidewhether to give its blessing to a proposedrezoning after an upcoming public hearing.

The CalvaryWorship Centre has appliedto rezone 260 12th St. so it can build a new32-square-foot worship centre. In additionto the sanctuary that would provide spacefor up to 850 people on the main floorand 300 people in the balcony, the build-ing would also contain a 4,270-square-footcommunity hall/gymnasium, an entrancefoyer, a coffee shop, offices and a childrensworship area that could accommodate upto 195 seats and some small meeting roomsand classrooms.

In order for the project to proceed, itrequires a rezoning, as well as variancesfor front yard, side yard, site coverage andparking. The bylaw requires 105 parkingspaces, but the applicant is proposing 96spots.

Coun. Betty McIntosh expressed con-cern that the project wouldnt have enoughparking to accommodate upwards of 1,150people who could be in the building at onetime.

Weve got less than 100 parking spots,she said. I believe we are designing a

disaster.Jim Hurst, a development planner with

the city, said the peak hours of the church(Sunday mornings) arent the same as thepeak hours of other businesses in the area,so off-street parking would also be avail-able.

I know most churches in NewWestminster have a parking issue,McIntosh said. Its not uncommon forchurches to be built with not enough park-ing.

Coun. Jaimie McEvoy shared McIntoshsconcern, as the congregation isnt justattended by local residents.

Architect RogerAmenyogbe told councilthat about 700 people regularly attend thechurchs Sunday service and parking hasntbeen an issue. In addition to carpooling andvanpooling measures included in a trans-portation management plan, he noted ashuttle also transports people to the churchfrom the SkyTrain station.

Amenyogbe said the church has anextremely multicultural congregation, aspeople from 60 to 70 countries attend. Hesaid the peak times for the church would beat Christmas and Easter.

A public hearing about the rezoningapplication will be held in council chamberon Monday, Nov. 25 at 6 p.m.

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Tis the season to be jolly unless youre the Kendallfamily. Then youre facing a bleak Christmas, what withyour patriarch having been fired and an uncle youvenever met about to descend upon you for the holidays.

Thats thepremiseofThe Importance ofBeingUncleRoscoe,the new comedy being stagedby the Vagabond Players atBernie Legge Theatre, Dec. 4to 21.

Vagabond veteran PatMcDermott stars as DexterHolly, the wily conman whostarts all the chaos, andMichael Henderson appearsas Kenny, his canny sidekick.

Mary Adams and AndyWood are onstage as theKendalls, with LorynneMachado and LindsayMcGaire as their children.

Alison Main-Tourneur andHelen Volkow appear as acouple of gossipy neighbours,

with Emma Ferdinands as an attractive young news-woman who adds to the confusion and chaos.

The Importance of Being Uncle Roscoe is onstageWednesdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m., with Sundaymatinees at 2 p.m.

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Ah, Christmas theseason of stockingsand snowflakes and corpses?

Mystery authorsElizabeth Elwood andColleen Cross are holdinga special Murder, Mayhemand Mistletoe readingevent at Renaissance Bookson Sunday, Nov. 24.

The two members of theCanadian Crime Writers

Association will readexcerpts from their books.

Find out why crimewriters love to combinethe season of peace andgoodwill with a juicymurder mystery, a pressrelease invites. Comeand celebrate the startof the festive season atRenaissance Books withbook talk, carols andChristmas fun, concludingwith an open-mike sessionwhere you can read yourown holiday poems andstories.

The fun is all happen-ing from 1 to 3 p.m. atRenaissance Books, 43Sixth St. in downtownNew West.

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Veterans artThe New Westminster

Public Library is honour-ing veterans with its latestart exhibition.

Celebrating the Artof Our Veterans, whichfeatures works from theArtworks Studio at theGeorge Derby Centre, iscurrently on display on thelibrarys ramp gallery.

The exhibition incorpo-rates work in a variety ofstyles and media includ-ing painting on a guitar,silk painting and mosaics.

It features work byDennis Scott-Jackson,Barbara Matthews, VioletMacKenzie, Jacques

Belanger, Murray Leege,Joyce Armstrong, DonaldMacDonald, AllanJeffries, Norman Wise,Henry Garneau and DonReeve.

Upstairs, you can findan exhibition by the NewWestminster PhotographyClub 8x10x19 withnature, architecture and artphotography by 19 of theclubs members.

Both are on until Nov.30, so drop by the libraryat 716 Sixth Ave. to checkthem out.

Poetry readingsPoetry lovers, if you

havent checked out PoeticJustice yet, why not trythis weekend?

The Poetic Justice read-ing series is sponsored bythe Royal City LiteraryArts Society, and it runsevery Sunday (exceptholiday weekends) at theHeritage Grill, in the back-room.

The Sunday, Nov.17 session features LizBachinsky, MickeyBickerstaff and ElliotSlinn, and its hosted byCandice James.

On Sunday, Nov. 24,its hosted by Sho Wileyand featuresWarren DeanFulton, Sean McGarragleand Sonja Littlejohn.

The sessions also fea-ture open mike readings.

Check out www.poeticjustice.ca for the full

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Fireside talesFour acclaimed authors

will be joining forces in anintimate reading night tobenefit the Queens AvenueDaycare Society.

Fire-Side Stories, featur-ing Kevin Chong, StevenGalloway, Rawi Hage andMadeleine Thien, is setfor Wednesday, Nov. 20.

The four authors willread selections from theirwork on the theme offire and ice, in an eve-ning hosted by NewWestminster author JJ Lee.

Its being held in theheritage home of TeklaFulton and Doug Brown

Murder mysteries, fireside stories and more

New comedyushers in theholiday season

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Where: Bernie Legge The-atre, Queens Park

When: Dec. 4 to 21, Wed-nesdays through Saturdays8 p.m., Sundays 2 p.m.

Tickets: 604-521-0412 [email protected]

Onstage:Michael Henderson and Pat McDermott star in The Importance of Being Uncle Roscoe, the Vagabond Play-ers new production. Its on at the Bernie Legge Theatre from Dec. 4 to 21.

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Book launch setHeres another dont-

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types out there.New Westminster

author Renee SarojiniSaklikar is holding a booklaunch on Sunday, Dec. 1for her new book of poet-ry, children of air india un/authorized exhibits andinterjections.

The work is describedas a series of elegiacsequences exploring thenature of individual loss,situated within publictrauma.

This is a deeply per-sonal collection, renderedin poetic voice by ReneeSarojini Saklikar as she

shares her familys tragicconnection to the June 23,1985 bombing of Air IndiaFlight 182, a press releaseexplains. Decades afterthe horrific mass murder,the years of investigationand one of the nationslongest and most expen-sive inquiries (with nofindings released yet), AirIndia continues to hauntnot just the individualstouched by loss, but ourcollective human psyche.

The book launch will behosted by the citys poetlaureate, Candice James,and will be followed by

the Poetic Justice readingseries.

Its happening at theHeritage Grill in the back-room, with Saklikars booklaunch from 2 to 3, andPoetic Justice from 3 to 5p.m.

If you want to knowmore about the work,check out a feature articlethat ran in the Oct. 25Record. Its available bysearching on our website,www.royalcityrecord.com.

Check out www.rclas.com for more on both thebook launch and PoeticJustice.

Poetry anthologylaunch Sunday

Also on the booklaunch front dont missthe release of the RoyalCity Poets Anthology 2013,presented by Silver BowPublishing.

The launch is set forthis Sunday, Nov. 16, from1 to 4:30 p.m. in the back-room at the Heritage Grill.

Its hosted by CandiceJames and JanetKvammen, and its spon-sored by the Royal CityLiterary Arts Society.

The 2013 book isthe third instalment inthe Royal City PoetsAnthology series, and apress release notes its thelargest volume yet with40 poets and 129 pages.

Check out www.rclas.com for more.

Do you have an item forLively City? Send ideas fromthe New Westminster artsand entertainment scene toJulie, [email protected], or find heron Twitter, @juliemaclellan.You can also find her onFacebook, www.facebook.com/JulieLMacLellan.

Flowers, art and fashion combine in a new art exhibitionuptown.

The Garden Gals Sketch Group is holding an original art exhibi-tion, Glory in the Garden, a La Fashionista, 706 Sixth St.

Its opening on Friday, Nov. 15, with a gala from 6 to 8 p.m., andthe exhibition will be on from Nov. 16 to 22.

The sketch group was formed from a group of New WestminsterHorticultural Society members with an interest in both flowers andart, as a press release explains.

Members have come and gone, but there is a core group of artistswho have remained together working. Their art has been displayedin various exhibitions including as part of the New WestminsterCultural Crawl in August, when they displayed works in a mem-bers garden.

Theyve also recently been seen at the New Westminster PublicLibrary, and their work is displayed on electric boxes in the MoodyPark area.

Everyone interested is invited to stop in to the gala or drop by LaFashionista to check out the exhibition.

Beauty in bloom:Members of theGarden GalsSketch Grouppose withtheir work thatadorns electricalboxes in MoodyPark. Theyrenow holdingan exhibition atLa Fashionista,uptown. Theexhibition is onfrom Nov. 16 to22, with a galaopening tonight(Friday).

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1CelebrateCanadaGamesPools 40thanniversaryat a partyfeaturingentertainment(including adive demonstration fromthe platforms), a historicalslide show, face painting, aballoon artist, tattoos, bub-bles, goodie bags, popcorn,cotton candy and a giantbirthday cake that will becut at 2:30 p.m. The partytakes place on Saturday,Nov. 16 from 1 to 4 p.m.at 65 East Sixth Ave. Thedrop-in fee is $2 during

the anniversary party.

2Get a jump on yourChristmas shopping or treat yourself to some-thing new at the HerbertSpencer Christmas CraftFair, which takes place onSaturday, Nov. 16 from10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The salefeatures a wonderful selec-

tion of hand-made craftsand artwork, abake sale, bis-tro and raffle.Admission isfree. The eventtakes place at605 Second St.

3Discoverthe poetictalent in NewWestminsterwhen SilverBow Publishinglaunches theRoyal City

Poets Anthology 2013. Thelaunch, which is beinghosted by Janet Kvammenand New Westminster poetlaureate Candice James,takes place on Saturday,Nov. 16 from 1 to 4:30 p.m.in the Heritage Grill back-room, 447 Columbia St.Royal City Poets Anthology2013 is the third instalmentin the anthology series,

and is the biggest yet with40 poets and 129 pages.For more information visitthe Royal City LiteraryArts Societys website atwww.rclas.com.

4Check out the amaz-ing talents of artisansfrom New Westminsterand beyond at the ArtisanMarket at River Market.Jewelry, quilting, books,beadwork, knitwear,paintings, stone carvingsand other items will beamong the items for saleby artisans. The market istaking place on Saturday,Nov. 16 from noon to 5p.m. at River Market, 810

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5Support mental healthinitiatives at theDouglas College Miles forMental Health 2.5-kilo-metre walk and five-kmrun along the MillenniumTrail in Queens Park. Theevent, being held Saturday,Nov. 16 from 8 a.m. to 5p.m., aims to raise aware-ness and decrease stigma about mental health.Music, entertainment, fam-ily activities, cupcake andcookie decorating and facepainting are all part of thedays fun. The registrationcost is $35 for adults and$5 for youth aged up to 12.

For more information or toregister, visit www.mentalhealthrun.ca.

6Savour soup at thisweekends Royal CityFarmers Market, which ishaving a soup festival thatfeatures a soup demonstra-tion, samples and recipes.Kids will be able to designtheir own cup of soupby picking out assortedingredients and puttingthem in an envelope thatthey can take home andmake their custom cup ofsoup.

In addition to the soup-themed activities, visitorswill be able to shop for

produce, gourmet pre-pared foods and itemsfrom artisans at the farm-ers market thats takingplace at River Market onSaturday, Nov. 16 from11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 810Quayside Dr.

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As part of these upgrades, the City is redesigningthe intersection of Howes Street and EwenAvenue. There are two design options for thisintersection: a roundabout or a trafc signal. Thedesigns for the new intersection seek to balancetrafcmanagement, roaduse safety and creationof an attractive entrance to the community atEwen and Howes.

We are inviting the community to attend thisopen house and provide feedback.

DATE: Wednesday, November 20, 2013

TIME: 6:00pm to 8:00pm

LOCATION: Poplar Island Room,Queensborough Community Centre920 Ewen Avenue

For more information about the intersection options

and to take the online survey visit:

www.newwestcity.ca/QBRoundaboutOrSignal

The Great Queensborough Intersection Debate:Roundabout or Traffic Signal?

OPEN HOUSE

The City of New Westminster is replacing technol-ogy that is quickly becoming obsolete.

Gary Holowatiuk, the citys director of financeand information technology, said the capital budgetincluded $480,000 for replacement of personal com-puters and laptops.

On Nov. 4, council approved an additional $100,000as the earlier budget didnt account for additionalcomputers that will be needed for the Anvil Centreand the Queensborough Community Centre expan-sion.

A staff report said the money will allow the cityto buy up to 60 new tablets to replace the 60 laptopsthat are six years old and at the end of their usefullifecycle.

The current laptop computers must be replacedfairly soon due to hardware obsolescence and out-of-support issues, stated the report. The new tabletswith the newer version of Microsoft operating systemswill meet the citys mobile business technology needsuntil 2018.

Tissue giant KrugerProducts earnedthe 2013 Greeningof the Supply ChainAward from the CanadianAssociation of Importersand Exporters.

Currently in its fifthyear, this distinction isawarded to a Canadiancompany that has initiated,implemented and provena corporate commitment togreening its supply chain,as well as reducing its car-bon footprint, says a mediarelease.

It is a privilege to berecognized for our proj-ects, large and small, thatare contributing to lessen-ing its impact on the envi-

ronment, John OHara,vice-president of logistics,said in a media release.

The company wonthe award because of itssupplier policies, workin reducing logistics andtransportation inefficien-cies, and installation ofinnovative technologiesto improve its sustainableperformance, among otherinitiatives.

The award is a realtestament to our leader-ship and commitment todriving sustainable changewithin our company, ourbroader industry and theindustries of our custom-ers, Steven Sage, vice-president of sustainabilityand innovation, said in therelease. At the midwaypoint of our Sustainability2015 journey, we are proudof our progress and willcontinue to work hard tocontinue to find ways toevolve our operations.

To follow KrugerProducts sustainable

progress, visit www.sustainability2015.ca.

Cross-dockfacility opens

Beedie DevelopmentGroup and DamcoDistribution recentlyunveiled the first phaseof the QueensboroughLogistics Centre, a 45,620-square-foot cross-dockfacility.

Beedie DevelopmentGroup is proud to be apartner in this develop-ment, said presidentRyan Beedie in a mediarelease. This projectis the outcome of anextremely collaborativeeffort between the City ofNew Westminster, PortMetro Vancouver, DamcoDistribution Canada Inc.and Beedie DevelopmentGroup. The selection ofthe Queensborough site isthe ultimate testament tothe establishment of NewWestminster as a Tier 1

industrial location.The recent grand open-

ing of the centre buildson the citys 2013 MostBusiness Friendly Awardfrom the CommercialReal Estate DevelopmentAssociations MetroVancouver chapter.

The opening of theQueensborough LogisticsCentre is a reflection of ourcitys commitment to newbusiness development,and by extension creatingnew job opportunities inNew Westminster, saidMayorWayne Wright inthe release.

This development isa great example of maxi-mizing (on our) industrialland use, (by) ensuring theclose proximity of logisticsoperations to Canadaslargest port. Its a perfectfit, Tom Corsie, vice-president of real estate forPort Metro Vancouver, saidin the release.

The centre is located at549 Duncan St.

Kruger wins green award

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When a trio ofbedheads wear-ing pyjamasshowed up at local homeson Halloween, they werebeing far from lazy.

Instead of tricks ortreats, Rachel Way, CaraFalcone andMikaylaGreenwood decided to col-lect items for the food bank.

We collected non-per-ishable food for the foodbank, Rachel said. We gotabout 120 cans. We werehappy with that.

The girls didnt comehome empty-handed, assome folks offered themtreats as well.

We have been doing alot of work with Free theChildren. We went to WeDay, Rachel explained.We were very inspired totry and help.

Last year, the girls col-lected seven bags of pen-nies to go toward cleanwater initiatives in Africa.The Glenbrook MiddleSchool students are alreadyplanning their next project.

There is a group of ustrying to build a schoolin Africa. It costs about$10,000, Rachel said. Ourfirst project is we are goingto try and collect cans.Then we are going to do acoin drive.

Pool prideA longtime New

Westminster resident willbe particularly proud whenCanada Games Pool cel-ebrates its 40th anniversarythis weekend.

Stories from TheColumbian newspaper inthe 1970s relay how DonBenson envisioned NewWestminster as the homeas of the 1973 CanadaSummer Games. Politiciansran with the idea andNewWestminster andBurnaby hosted the 1973Canada Summer Games,with aquatic events held atthe aptly named CanadaGames Pool.

Don Benson of NewWestminster probablydeserves the most creditsince he first broached theidea while serving as boxlacrosse committee chair-man of the 1969 gamesin Dartmouth-Halifax,stated an editorial in TheColumbian.

The City of NewWestminster providedBenson with a commemo-

rative plaque in 1998, onthe 25th anniversary of theCanada Summer Games.

Hands-on visitB.C. Advanced

Education Minister AmrikVirk recently got somehands-on experience doingelectromyography testingwith students in the sportscience lab at DouglasCollege.

Virk spent a recentafternoon at DouglasCollege, touring the NewWestminster campus andengaging with students,faculty and staff.

Its always great to beable to connect directlywith students, staff andfaculty, he said in a col-lege press release. DouglasCollege is contributing tothe needs of our economyas well as preparingwell-educated, job-readyworkers through its acces-sible and high-quality pro-grams.

According to the pressrelease, several studentswanted to talk aboutapplied degrees and tothank the minister forapproving the collegesnew bachelors degree inapplied psychology, whichstarts its first intake inJanuary.

Find Theresa on Twitter,@TheresaMcManus.

Reaching out to help

Shopping for a cause: Gogos Penny Perry and Carolyn Neighbor look at purses attheArtisan Crafts for Africa sale on Nov. 2 at the CAWHall. The sale was hostedby the Royal City Gogos in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundations Grand-mothers to Grandmothers campaign.

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Warm heads,warm hearts:Terry Peacheywith some woolhats at the Arti-san Crafts forAfrica sale put onby the Royal CityGogos Nov. 2.

Photos by Jason Lang/THE RECORD

There are manybuildings with herit-age value in NewWestminster. One par-ticularly notable example,with significance of age,architecture, location anda longtime communitystoryline, is the Armouryor Armouries, at the cornerof Sixth Street and QueensAvenue.

This fine building, homeof the Royal WestminsterRegiment, was built in themid-1890s, with formalpossession by the militaryin 1896. The building isfilled with stories of, andfrom, the many militarygroups preceding the pres-ent regiment who havealso called this Armourytheir home. The regimenttraces its military lineageback to the ColumbiaDetachment of RoyalEngineers, 1859 to 1863,and to a volunteer militia

formed in November of1863 upon the disband-ing of the local RoyalEngineers.

Many of the stories con-nected to the Armoury are,as you might expect, oftroops in training, organ-izing to go on manoeuvres,formally parading on spe-cial occasions and othersimilar events. There aremany historical stories ofregimental members head-ing away to conflicts suchas the Boer War, the Firstand Second World Warsand other, more recent,actions including peace-keeping. This is a workingbuilding, so every daythere are activities of onetype or another underway,being planned or wrappingup.

But there is much moreto the story of this build-ing and to an earlier ver-sion that was located inthe downtown area, onMcKenzie at Carnarvon.This early drill hall, as itwas called, after servingits military needs, was alsothe location of perform-ances, lectures, dances andlarge community socialgatherings.

By the 1890s it was

regarded as being in poorshape, no longer fit to meetall its obligations, so planswere put in place to cre-ate a new structure andwe have the building oftoday. The older versionwas destroyed in the citysGreat Fire of 1898, but thenew building served thetown well after this con-flagration.

Many people are awareof the role played by theArmoury after the 1898fire, as it was a centre forrelief activities and sup-plies for those affected bythe blaze, but again, therehave been many other non-military events over thedecades that form part ofthe overall heritage of thisbuilding. A research pro-ject, ongoing over the past40 or so years, has gath-ered a wonderful array ofstories about the Armouryand events taking placewithin its wooden walls.

Want stories and morefrom the Armouryshistory? Come to theNew WestminsterHistorical Society evening,Wednesday, Nov. 20, start-ing at 7:30 p.m. in the NewWestminster Public Libraryauditorium.

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When Decembergets closer andthe gift side ofyour Christmas list is stillblank, it helps to considerwhat would really helpthe gardeners in your life,especially the ones whoare getting older or dealingwith special conditions likecontainers or extra-highraised-beds.

Lots of us garden usingwhatevers handy and willkind-of work. My fathergardened all his life witha garden line that was twosticks and a bit of string,and the same was goodenough for me.

But one Christmas I wasgiven an elegant wroughtiron garden line with point-ed-end stakes that could behung up, wouldnt rot andhad string that unwoundin one pull. At the time, Isecretly felt it was point-lessly fancy. But now I

wouldnt be without it.A few years later, I was

startled to receive a birth-day gift: the Easy Kneeler,which converts to a seat.I felt far too young andhealthy to actually use it, soI stored it for many years.Its now out of storage andwell-used, and my back isso grateful.

Its possible to find ergo-nomic tools with large, softhandles for arthritic hands.For older gardeners, spadesand forks are available inlighter, smaller sizes, andits easy to get long-han-dled trowels.

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